No, it's not a new year's resolution. In fact, I've always thought of myself as very organized. I always had one of the neatest desks in my class - in fact, I looked forward to desk-cleaning time because I got to read while everyone else cleaned. Today, I always insist that the kids find places for their things. My mantra seems to be, "Everything has a place, and it's not on the floor!" I'm even an obsessive "filer" while Chelan is a "piler" - often causing some minor disagreements - he can't find things I've filed and I can't find things he's piled!
The last couple of days, however, I've noticed some things that make my organizing seem a little sub-par! For instance:
1. I found a box of old check blanks and registers in one desk drawer, a notebook of old bank statements in another drawer, and more current bank statements in a folder in our file cabinet! Shouldn't all our old banking things be together in one location?
2. I also came across some extra Christmas cards in one drawer, while the rest were in another - why aren't all of them with my Christmas things? We even have miscellaneous birthday and anniversary cards we've received in another desk drawer - are we supposed to keep them all?
3. Speaking of Christmas - I have some decorations in a closet upstairs, while others are down in the basement. My fall decorations are also in that closet, but the Halloween buckets and Easter things are in a cabinet in the bathroom! The bathroom!
4. Some old pictures and video cassettes that we don't use anymore are downstairs in a shoebox in the old entertainment center. Other old pictures and even some picture frames are in our bedroom inside a bedside table. I'm pretty sure it would make sense to keep them all together!
5. We have hats everywhere - on top of the cabinet in one bathroom, up on a shelf in the coat closet, even hanging on hooks in our entryway - shouldn't they all be in one relatively logical place? ( I attribute this last one to the fact that we have no mud room - I have dreams of a neat, organized mud room - someday)!
I guess what I've discovered is that a small, square desk in grade school is a lot easier to keep organized than my house! I have high hopes that the things listed above will get corrected, but I also know that there are far more important things to focus on right now - the organizing can wait!
The last couple of days, however, I've noticed some things that make my organizing seem a little sub-par! For instance:
1. I found a box of old check blanks and registers in one desk drawer, a notebook of old bank statements in another drawer, and more current bank statements in a folder in our file cabinet! Shouldn't all our old banking things be together in one location?
2. I also came across some extra Christmas cards in one drawer, while the rest were in another - why aren't all of them with my Christmas things? We even have miscellaneous birthday and anniversary cards we've received in another desk drawer - are we supposed to keep them all?
3. Speaking of Christmas - I have some decorations in a closet upstairs, while others are down in the basement. My fall decorations are also in that closet, but the Halloween buckets and Easter things are in a cabinet in the bathroom! The bathroom!
4. Some old pictures and video cassettes that we don't use anymore are downstairs in a shoebox in the old entertainment center. Other old pictures and even some picture frames are in our bedroom inside a bedside table. I'm pretty sure it would make sense to keep them all together!
5. We have hats everywhere - on top of the cabinet in one bathroom, up on a shelf in the coat closet, even hanging on hooks in our entryway - shouldn't they all be in one relatively logical place? ( I attribute this last one to the fact that we have no mud room - I have dreams of a neat, organized mud room - someday)!
I guess what I've discovered is that a small, square desk in grade school is a lot easier to keep organized than my house! I have high hopes that the things listed above will get corrected, but I also know that there are far more important things to focus on right now - the organizing can wait!
I was the same way in elementary school, loved having a neat desk and I still do...although it's harder to find the time now to keep things organized like I want to! Hope you guys are doing well!
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